Friday, October 21, 2016
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To Chengtu in the South,
Now dispossessed of wealth,
An old man came,
Poor farmer now.
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8/11/2025 10:51:20 PM # 1.0.0
very touching narrative poem...specially the ending lines make me sigh-10
Tu Fu is a wonderful poet of the Tang Dynasty. His poems are very gentle and he has a kindly sense of humour too usually mocking himself for drinking too much wine! China was in turmoil at that time due to two Tatar rebellions and many families were displaced. Much of his work has echoes today with those sad refugee problems.